The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-14

THE PRICE TO BE PUT ON FISHERY
CONCESSIONS.

No Intimation Yet of What Course the
United States Will Take in the Nego-
tiations Secretary Bayard Denies
that Seizure of Sealers Has Been
Ordered Stopped.
TORONTO, ONT, Sept 13-The Globes
London correspondent cables a reiteration
of the statement that on behalf of Canada
the Fishery Commission will request free
exchange of natural products in return for
fishery concessions to the United States.
SEIZURES OF sEALERs.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-In answer to an
inquiry to-day relative to the statement
made in the British House of Commons by
Sir James Ferguson to the effect that the
United States government had ordered
discontinuance of the seizure of British YES
sells sealing i'll Alaskan waters, Secretary
Bayard said that his attention had
already been drawn to the matter, and he
had read the statement with surprise. He
knew nothing of the making of an order
such as described. The vessels seized are
now IN the custody of the judiciary await
ing the action of the courts, which will de
termine the legality of the seizures.
BAYARD's DENIAL.
lOuCHlilS JudU IHfU Oh JIe SI1JclDenU
ascribed to the British Parliamentary Sec
retary, where he SAYS that seizures are to be
discontinued while fisheries negotiations are
III progress, Secretary Bayard said that
there was no relation or connection of any
KIND between the seizures in Alaskan waters
and the questions arising under the treaty
or 1918 relative to the Canadian
fisheries. The negotiations with the Brit
lsh government upon the last-named subject
aG wall hn at.aI
No selections have yet boen made of the
persons to assist the United States govern
ment In the negotiations, but Secretary
Bayard says he is hopeful of his ability to
lay before Congress, whom IL assemblies, a
satisfactory basis of settlement of the diff
ferences between the United States and
Britain respecting the fisheries.
BAYARD AMUSED.
Secretary Bayard smiled when he was
shown to-day the published statement that
he went to Boston to inquire for gentleman
to be appointed Commissioner on the part
of the United States to meet the Chamber
lain Commission. He says that he went to
Boston to visit his daughter, Mrs. Warren,
and to attend to some purely personal bust
ness and that he did not make the slightest
attempt to look up gentleman to act as
Commissioner. He got as much rest as pos
sible out of the trip, and did not attend to
pubic DuSlIeSS 1U all. llf6e COMMISSION
ers will probably be appointed, but probably
not before the Presidents return
MAY NOT ALL BE DEMOCRATS.
Secretary Bayard said to-day that they
would not all necessarily be Democrats.
No one has been selected yet. He looked for
substantial and satisfactory results from
the commissioners labors. He did not see
that the critics of this plan had any other
| possible plan to suggest as a substitute
There were only two other possibilities,
| arbitration and war He did not think the
people of the United States would
prefer either of these alternatives
to the amicable negotiations
of commission. The conference between
the commissioners will probably be held at
the Department of State about Nov. |. As
has been reported, Joseph Chamberlain,
Minister West and Sir John Macdonald will
represent Great Britain